The Lake and the Butterfly 3 (after battle)

Looks like Rim wasn't lying. I don't think there's a Golden Bough here.

I don't feel the bough, either.

Now... what will you do?

All organic matter other than us in this Lobotomy Corp. Branch have doubtless been infected.

That Rim guy... If he's got that mark...

You think he's in cahoots with the flying blue kid from before? ... Are we gonna be okay?

Well, he did help us at the end of the day. Even if he approached us very quietly.

N.W.C.D. What were we supposed to do?

I guess so. There was nothing we could've done.

Still... I don't think Demian held any animosity against us.

Not against you, maybe.

Executive Manager. I still remain doubtful of that man's intentions.

He didn't even share with us what their goals were before fleeing the scene.

Oi, you must know something about the bowlhead. You knew that bloke, didn't you?

Rim has changed too much... I cannot even begin to fathom his intentions.

<Let's... get out of here first.>

<It's pretty clear that the Golden Bough isn't here anymore...>

... What fate befalls those who remain?

A fate we can do nothing about.

I am well aware, yet...

I think I understand how you're feeling. But sometimes, you just gotta learn to let go.

If there's anything I've learned from my life... it's that some things are too far gone to be helped.

... Very well, Sir Heathcliff.

What's gotten into you, Heath? Didn't know you knew how to comfort someone like that~

... Ugh. I wasn't going to suffer that lass's gloom.

With the Pallid Mermaids' unintelligible signals echoing behind us futilely... we decided to leave the Lobotomy Corp. Branch.

We will likely never understand them.